A restless start to the trip.
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| Kate's packing |
Friday morning had the four of us at home (yeah!) with
Rebecca arriving at 9:30 last night after Allan having spent most of the day
driving to Massey and back to fetch her.
Finalised packing and shopping with Allan buying a new
suitcase realising at one point we will need to use all of them in different
places! E.g. us in Vanuatu, Ben in Melbourne and Rebecca going back to Massey.
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| Ninja star shot! |
Rebecca’s birthday present for Ben was Ninja stars which was
fun. Rebecca scored an awesome
shot. The one after this destroyed the dartboard!
With some reluctance from the participants, I got some
family photos, one, reminded me of one 10 years ago.
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| Reluctant hug 2004 |
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| Reluctant hug 2014 |
Arrived at Auckland realising the backpack I had was falling
apart. Took till Heathrow to replace –
rather expensively.
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| LAX |
By pure chance in the Koru club we ran into Kathy Nield an
old mate originally from Allan’s schooldays and then all of us from Uni. It was good to see her again and swap family
stories. On the plane came across
Corinne Blumsky (Parks partner) on honeymoon and Christine Tse who used to work
with Pete Brown at work.
The plane was brand new (2 days old) so some teething
problems with seat not moving (ours OK).We slept a little on both of the major
legs, had good food (gotta love AirNZ), watched movies yada yada.
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| Heathrow pub |
Had to wait 5 hours in Heathrow for our Amsterdam flight, so
shopped a little and took up residence in a British pub in Heathrow. Talked rugby and got some restaurant tips for
Amsterdam.
Snoozed heavily on the 1 hr. flight and arrived feeling zonked
after 36 hours of travelling. First thing we saw was a traditional Irish pub in
the airport. Showered, went to bed, woke
up, (damn jetlag) and had a broken night.
However we have a big chunk of Sunday to explore Amsterdam –
which Allan hasn’t really seen.
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